verb & noun, technique for giving lowly workers grand-sounding titles, to increase their job satisfaction without having to give them any more money.

Examples include:

receptionists = heads of verbal communications
window washers = optical illuminator enhancers
gardeners = technical horticultural maintenance officers
housewives = domestic engineers

Also known as title inflation.

from bbc.com

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